Chords:
{t: Tiny Fish For Japan }
{key: G}
{artist:Stan Rogers}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRUSqO8fObU
{c: Thanks Deborah Gilchrist}
Where [G] Patterson [Am] Creek's muddy [D] waters run [Em] down
Past the [C] penny ar-[G]cades, by the [Am] harbour down-[D]town,
[Em] All the old [Am] turtlebacks [D] rust in the [Em] rain
Like they [C] never will [D] leave there a-[G]gain.
But leave there they [Am] will in the [D] hour before [Em] dawn,
Slip [C] out in the [G] darkness [Am] without word or [D] song;
For a [Em] few more years [Am] yet they will [D] work while they [Em] can
To [C] catch tiny [D] fish for Ja-[G]pan. [G]
No [D] white fish or trout here, we [C] leave them a-[G]lone.
The [C] inspectors raise [G] hell if we [Am] take any [D] home.
What kind of fisherman [C] can't eat his [G] catch
Or [Em] call what he's [A7] taken his [D] own? [Dmaj7] [D7]
The [G] plant works three [Am] shifts now, there's [D] plenty of [Em] pay
We ship [C] seventeen [G] tons of this [Am] garbage each [D] day.
If we [Em] want to eat [Am] fish, then we'll [D] open a [Em] can,
And we’ll [C] eat tiny [D] fish from Ja-[G]pan.[G]
{sos}
Where [G] Patterson [Am] Creek's muddy [D] waters run [Em] down
Past the [C] penny ar-[G]cades, by the [Am] harbour down-[D]town,
[Em] All the old [Am] turtlebacks [D] rust in the [Em] rain
Like they [C] never will [D] leave there a-[G]gain.
{eos}
In the [D] Norfolk Hotel over [C] far too much [G] beer,
The [C] old guys re-[G] member when the [Am] water ran [D] clear.
No poisons with names that we [C] can't under-[G]stand
And [Em] no tiny [A7] fish for [D] Japan...[Dmaj7] [D7]
So the [G] days run to-[Am] gether, each [D] one is the [Em] same.
And it's [C] good that the [G] smelt have no [Am] lovelier [D] name.
It's [Em] all just a [Am] job now, we'll [D] work while we [Em] can,
To [C] catch tiny [D] fish for Ja-[G] pan. {2,3,1}
{sos}
Where [G] Patterson [Am] Creek's muddy [D] waters run [Em] down
{eos}
(slowing) And we'll [C] catch tiny [D] fish for Ja-[G]pan
